Tag: cryptocurrency

According to foreign exchange news agency, FXStreet’s report on April 11, insurance markets in France will not be able to invest in cryptocurrencies. The National Assembly of France, on April 11, adopted a bill designed to stimulate local business development which includes redirecting savings from individuals to businesses. The National Assembly voted 147 in favor... Continue Reading →

Yet another country is allowing the listing of blockchain-based securities to its stock exchange. Earlier this month, Jamaica’s principal stock exchange, the Jamaican Stock Exchange got into an agreement with Canadian fintech firm, Blockstation, to enable the live trading of digital assets and security tokens in a regulated secured environment. Now, the Gibraltar Stock Exchange... Continue Reading →

Netzmedien AG, a Switzerland-based publishing house, announced that it is willing to dump fiat currency for cryptocurrency in Bitcoin. The media house had plans, earlier, to convert half of its assets into cryptocurrencies. The top executives in the company also offered their employees a choice to accept salaries in either Bitcoin or Swiss Francs. When... Continue Reading →

The biggest railway and subway operator in Japan, Japan Railways Group, which serves millions of Japanese people daily, is considering the integration of crypto assets like Bitcoin as a form of payment. The news was reported ANN News, a mainstream commercial television news network in Japan run by TV Asahi Corporation. JR Group is planning... Continue Reading →

Hypothekarbank (“Hypi”) Lenzburg, a Swiss mortgage bank, has partnered with TokenSuisse, a Swiss crypto asset manager, to expand the bank’s service offerings for crypto and blockchain firms. TokenSuisse released a press release on March 25. The bank is headed by CEO Marianne Wildi who is reportedly a former programmer. He first launched the bank’s lending... Continue Reading →

There was a time when Bitcoin was the only cryptocurrency existed and for a long time, it was all that anyone cared about. Doing any cryptocurrency transactions meant that you were dealing with bitcoins and everything was very clear cut and easy to understand. But as cryptocurrency and blockchain technology continued to evolve and grow,... Continue Reading →

A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange by the name of Taotao (formerly known as BitARG) is set to start trading a limited range of cryptocurrencies in May, according to a report on March 25. Yahoo! Japan owns 40% of Taotao, and the exchange will initially trade Bitcoin and Ethereum, but margin positions will be available in three... Continue Reading →

Smart Contracts have been all the rage ever since they first appeared on the radar of techies around the world. They were both very exciting and quite mysterious as a lot of their potential hadn’t been tapped into. This made them a mainstay on thousands of tech, especially crypto, forums all over the world. But... Continue Reading →

The Lightning Network was conceived with the idea of solving the scalability issues associated with Bitcoin transactions. The fundamental idea behind the Lightning Network is to make small and everyday transactions don't have to be stored on the blockchain. This is also called the 'off-chain approach.' In a scenario where someone wants to pay for... Continue Reading →